These are the slides for Inspiring Marketing Episode 0001: The Rise of Messengers. You can watch the full video as an embed within this presentation. Messengers are a recent addition to marketers' toolkits, but they've already changed the rules of social media marketing. This video explores messengers' dramatic rise, and offers advice for marketers who want to make best use of them.

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THE RISE OF MESSENGERS
WHY TALK IS CHEAP, BUT CONVERSATIONS HAVE VALUE
SIMON KEMP • • FEBRUARY 2017
EP. 001
INSPIRING
MARKETING

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SIMON KEMP
@ESKIMON

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DATA IN MY ONGOING SERIES OF DIGITAL REPORTS
REVEAL CRITICAL CHANGES IN DIGITAL BEHAVIOUR

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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK;
NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI
AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING; EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA.
GLOBAL DIGITAL SNAPSHOTJAN
2017 KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR THE WORLD’S INTERNET, MOBILE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
7.476 3.773 2.789 4.917 2.549
54% 50% 37% 66% 34%

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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE JAN 2016 SINCE FEB 2016 SINCE JAN 2016
JAN
2017
ANNUAL GROWTHYEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; LIVEINTERNET.RU; KAKAO; NAVER; NIKI AGHAEI; CAFEBAZAAR.IR; SIMILARWEB; DING;
EXTRAPOLATION OF TNS DATA; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAPOLATION OF EMARKETER AND ERICSSON DATA. COMPARISONS TO WE ARE SOCIAL’S “DIGITAL IN 2016” REPORT.
+10% +21% +5% +30%
+354 MILLION +482 MILLION +222 MILLION +581 MILLION

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ACTIVE USERS OF KEY GLOBAL SOCIAL PLATFORMSJAN
2017 BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS FOR EACH PLATFORM, IN MILLIONS
SOURCES: WE ARE SOCIAL ANALYSIS; LATEST COMPANY EARNINGS RELEASES, PRESS RELEASES OR MEDIA STATEMENTS; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA; ALL AS OF JANUARY 2017.
*NOTE: PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK (*) HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED USER FIGURES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES MAY BE OUT OF DATE AND LESS RELIABLE.
**NOTE: SNAPCHAT DOES NOT PUBLISH MONTHLY ACTIVE USER DATA. THE FIGURE USED HERE WAS REPORTED BY BUSINESS INSIDER IN JUNE 2016, BASED ON DAILY ACTIVE USERS.
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
DATA CORRECT TO:
27 JANUARY 2017
1,871
1,000
1,000
1,000
877
846
632
600
550
317
300
300
300
297
217
150
122
106
100
100
100
90
49
FACEBOOK
FB MESSENGER
WHATSAPP
YOUTUBE
QQ
WECHAT
QZONE
INSTAGRAM
TUMBLR*
TWITTER
BAIDU TIEBA*
SKYPE
SNAPCHAT**
SINA WEIBO
LINE
PINTEREST
YY
LINKEDIN
BBM*
TELEGRAM
VIBER*
VKONTAKTE
KAKAOTALK

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BIT.LY/GD2017YBBIT.LY/GD2017GO
DOWNLOAD THESE GLOBAL DIGITAL REPORTS FOR FREE:

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BUT WHAT DOES ALL
THIS DATA TELL US?

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THIS YEAR, MORE MESSAGES WILL BE SENT
VIA MOBILE MESSENGERS THAN VIA EMAIL
• SOURCE: JUNIPER RESEARCH

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MOBILE MESSENGERS HAVE ALREADY
OVERTAKEN SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND
ARE NOW THE WORLD’S MOST ACTIVE
FORM OF ONLINE SOCIAL INTERACTION

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BUT WHY ARE CHAT APPS SO POPULAR?
CONVERSATIONS FLOW
MORE NORMALLY
NO ANNOYING
INTERRUPTIONS
MORE
NATURAL
FEWER
ADVERTS
LESS DEMANDING
ON DATA PLANS
CHEAPER
TO USE
NO NEED TO POST
REGULAR UPDATES
LESS
PRESSURE

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THIS SHIFT TO MOBILE MESSENGERS HAS
SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKETERS

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MOBILE MESSENGERS CHANGE THE RULES OF SOCIAL
NO WAY FOR BRANDS TO
TRACK OR JOIN PEOPLE’S
SOCIAL DISCUSSIONS
FEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR BRANDS TO
INSERT THEMSELVES
PRIVATE
CONVERSATIONS
HARDER TO
ADVERTISE
LIKES AND FOLLOWERS
MATTER FAR LESS THAN
ORGANIC WORD-OF-MOUTH
NEW METRICS
OF SUCCESS

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CRITICALLY, A ‘BOOSTED CONTENT’ APPROACH
WON’T WORK IN A MESSENGER-CENTRIC MODEL

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WE CAN’T JUST BUY OUR WAY INTO PEOPLE’S FEEDS
(YET); WE NEED TO EARN THEIR ATTENTION INSTEAD

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HOW?

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WE NEED TO USE ALL OF OUR MARKETING
ACTIVITIES TO ADD VALUE TO PEOPLE’S LIVES

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WE MUST USE EVERY ELEMENT OF THE MARKETING MIX
TO ADD VALUE AND INSPIRE ORGANIC CONVERSATION

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PRODUCTS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
POSACTIVITY
ADVERTISINGPACKAGING
RECRUITMENT

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TREAT SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AS
THE OUTCOME OF GREAT MARKETING,
NOT AS JUST ANOTHER VANITY METRIC
TO BE BOUGHT FROM MEDIA OWNERS.

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KEY TIP

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DON’T JUST THINK ABOUT CREATING AND DELIVERING
CONTENT; AIM TO INSPIRE VALUABLE CONVERSATIONS

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@ESKIMON

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SIMON KEMP
@ESKIMON
SIMON@KEPIOS.COM
INSPIRING MARKETING
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